1. „COUNTRY PROFILE“ General Review 30. 3. 2006
Food Authority
„COUNTRY PROFILE“
General Review

2. Sem pr

3. Czech Republic (CR) Statistical Data
Area km2
Inhabitants ,2 millions
Prague ,2 million
Share of agricultural production on GDP 4 %
Total import milliards €
Total export milliards €
Agriculture import milliard €
Agriculture export ,4 milliard €
Employment in agriculture %
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4. MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE
Legal basis – Act. No. 2/1969 Coll.
Central competent authority for agriculture and food industry
Management of CAFIA, SVA, CISTA and CBI (for details see lide n.18)
Central competent authority for issues of veterinary care, phytosanitary care, foodstuffs, animal protection

5. FOOD AUTHORITY
March 2005 – establishment of the Food Authority was agreed
The Food Authority started to operate in April 2005
Part of the Ministry of Agriculture
2 departments and 1 division = 33 employees

6. Position of the Food Authority within MoA
M I N I S T E R
Jan Mládek
1st Deputy Minister, State Secretary
Miroslav Toman
ECONOMIC and ADMINISTRATION SECTION
Karel Venera
STRUCTURAL POLICIES AND EXTERNAL RELATION SECTIONS
Hana Heidlerová
FORESTRY AND WATER MANAGEMENT SECTIONS
Pavel Punčochář
COMMODITIES SECTIONS
Stanislav Kozák
Agricultural Agencies and
Land Managenment
Offices Section
Structural Section
Forest management Section
Agricultural Commodities Section
External relatios Section
Water management Section
Food Production Section –
Food Authority
Mr. František Sládek

7. Organization chart

8. Food Authority Organisation Chart
Division
for the Control
over the food market
Food safety,
Environment Development
and Pollution Prevention
Department
Mrs. Milena Vicenová
Food Production and Legislation Department
Jindřich Fialka
Food Legislation and Standardization Division
Food Safety
Division
Environment Development
and
Pollution Prevention
Division
Food Production Division

9. Food Safety, Environmental Development and Pollution Prevention Department
assures risk assessment and risk communication
is the contact point for EFSA in the CR
elaborates Food Safety Strategy of the CR

10. Food Safety, Environmental Development and Pollution Prevention Department
responsible for monitoring of contaminants in the food chain
national competent authority for receiving applications on GM products according Reg. 1829/2003
Coordination of RASFF in the Czech Republic

11. Food Safety, Environmental Development and Pollution Prevention Department
co-ordinates activities in the IPPC area
monitors the Integrated Register of Pollution in Food and Feed Industry and Agriculture
deals with exploitation of agricultural waste and by-products

12. Food production and legislation department
Risk management
Policy development and analysis of trends in food industry and tobacco industry including conceptions for these industries (focused on the production and promotion activities)
Legislation: Foodstuffs, Tobacco Products and Ethyl-alcohol (full responsibility)

13. Food production and legislation department
Harmonization of Czech legislation with EU law (full responsibility)
Contact point for the European Commission in the field of food law (in general as well as in the field of food standardization)
Food quality (coordination)
Standardization (coordination) – national and international level (Codex Alimentarius, UNECE)

14. Food production and legislation department
Good Hygiene Practice + Good Manufacturing Practice (coordination)
Consumer protection (coordination)
Labelling of foodstuffs (incl. novel foods and foodstuffs containing the GMO´s )
National programme of subsidies for food business operators

15. Division for the control over the food market
Management and supervision of the state administration in the area of state official controls
Responsible for strategy, coordination and methodical management of the controls over the market with food
Unification of methodical procedures for good practice in official controls

16. Division for the control over the food market
Establishment and management of carcass evaluation system following the rules SEUROP
Participation in coordination activities of the FVO missions in food area

17. Division for the control over the food market
Coordination of the staff training system for the use of Czech competent authorities (CA)
Participates in elaboration of methods having for purpose to evaluate activities of the competent authorities
Periodical evaluation of the CA activities

18. Competent Authorities for Official Controls
Czech Agricultural and Food Inspection Authority (MoA)
State Veterinary Administration of the CR (MoA)
State Phytosanitary Administration (MoA)
Central Institute for Supervising and Testing in Agriculture (MoA)
Bodies of Public Health Protection (MoH)

19. Co-ordination of food safety
Food Safety Strategy in the CR
Adopted by Decree of the Government in December No. 1320
Laid down key requirements for the pre-accession period
Food Safety Strategy in the CR after Accession
to the EU
Adopted by Decree of the Government in December No. 1277, review in 2006
Emphasis on improved communication within the CR,
EU Member States, EU bodies and third countries

20. Co-ordination of food safety
Co –ordination Unit (CU)
Established in 2002
Consists of
representatives of central state administration bodies
relevant state control bodies
consumer and industry organisations

21. Food Safety Co-ordination in the Czech Republic
Government
Minister of Agriculture
Minister of Health
Secretariat of theCU
(Ministry of Agriculture)
Section of
Chief Hygienic Officer
Bodies of Public Health Protection
Co-ordination
Unit (CU)
State Veterinary Administration
Ministry of Industry and Trade
Czech Agriculture and Food Inspection Authority
Ministry of the Environment
State Phytosanitary Administration
Ministry of Interior
Central Institute for Supervising and Testing in Agriculture
Ministry of Transport
Scientific Committees
on Food
Veterinary SC
on animal nutrition
on phytosanitary and Environment
on GM food and feed
State Office for Nuclear Safety
Ministry of Justice
Food Safety Information Centre
Ministry of Defense

22. Positioning of the Executive committee

23. Executive committee
Role of Advisory body for the head of Food Authority
Participants – heads of CAFIA, SVA, CISTA, SPA
Meets once or twice a month

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